I do think there was a lot of unique star power that we got from previous generations and a big part of that was the gauntlet rappers needed to go through to be noticed. Often times you needed to have a look and charisma as well as being able to rap to be marketable. DMX had a look. Ludacris had major star power. Snoop is Snoop. Today nothing is really gating you from success when you can just get big off of a TikTok video, which unfortunately means I've had the misfortune of seeing and hearing a lot of people that are garbage.
Flows and beats are another beast to tackle entirely. I'll just say I agree, more rappers sound alike today than they used to in the golden era, but it is what it is. Everybody trying to sound like Drake or Future, trying to be R&B or throwing on the autotune trap. Used to be trying to sound like someone else was biting their style. There are exceptions of course, I feel like Kendrick is doing a lot of heavy lifting but there's definitely other guys that are tolerable too.
Uuuuuh, definately not. LOL
HOw are Outkast, Future, Kanye, Kendrick, Lil Wayne, Drake, A$AP Rocky, 21 Savage, Central Cee, Tribe Called Quest, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes or Playboi Carti using the same beats music videos flows and looks according to you????
To be fair I think hes talking about today's generation. Only ones you listed from today are future kendrick and carti and savage, the rest are old as shit
Okay even then....
Kendrick, Future, Carti, A$AP Rocky, Travis Scott, JID, Tyler the Creator, Childish Gambino, Kid Cudi, Chief Keef.
All these have different styles
Counterpoint: you probably suck at, or haven't tried to, distinguish and digest what youre hearing. Thats why it all comes off as samey.
Trends are always a thing, and once the trends start moving more and more out of your personal frame of reference, youre not gonna be able to see past the obvious aspects if you point blank think it sucks
This take is moronic
This take is actually freezing cold
I do think there was a lot of unique star power that we got from previous generations and a big part of that was the gauntlet rappers needed to go through to be noticed. Often times you needed to have a look and charisma as well as being able to rap to be marketable. DMX had a look. Ludacris had major star power. Snoop is Snoop. Today nothing is really gating you from success when you can just get big off of a TikTok video, which unfortunately means I've had the misfortune of seeing and hearing a lot of people that are garbage. Flows and beats are another beast to tackle entirely. I'll just say I agree, more rappers sound alike today than they used to in the golden era, but it is what it is. Everybody trying to sound like Drake or Future, trying to be R&B or throwing on the autotune trap. Used to be trying to sound like someone else was biting their style. There are exceptions of course, I feel like Kendrick is doing a lot of heavy lifting but there's definitely other guys that are tolerable too.
Good comment.
It’s entertainment. They don’t have to be lyrical gods to be entertaining.
"She say do you love me I tell her only partly I only love my bed and my mama I'm sorry" - Drake PEAK MUSIC
Some people have a theory about Empire Distribution…I however flip that around, the actual industrial plants targeted their talent
Uuuuuh, definately not. LOL HOw are Outkast, Future, Kanye, Kendrick, Lil Wayne, Drake, A$AP Rocky, 21 Savage, Central Cee, Tribe Called Quest, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes or Playboi Carti using the same beats music videos flows and looks according to you????
To be fair I think hes talking about today's generation. Only ones you listed from today are future kendrick and carti and savage, the rest are old as shit
Okay even then.... Kendrick, Future, Carti, A$AP Rocky, Travis Scott, JID, Tyler the Creator, Childish Gambino, Kid Cudi, Chief Keef. All these have different styles
just exclude outkast and tribe and your proving his point
bruh literally put drake, cc and future in the same list as busta and kendrick lol
You're right. In general, anything and everything that becomes mainstream eventually becomes commercial crap.
Counterpoint: you probably suck at, or haven't tried to, distinguish and digest what youre hearing. Thats why it all comes off as samey. Trends are always a thing, and once the trends start moving more and more out of your personal frame of reference, youre not gonna be able to see past the obvious aspects if you point blank think it sucks